April 9, 2018 San Jose City Council Considers Supporting State Sen. Beall’s Water Rate Transparency Bill By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose considers whether to support a state bill that would demand greater transparency from water companies about rate changes. Read More 1
April 4, 2018 SVO Loses Members Over Response to Political Mailer By The Fly The Silicon Valley Organization drew flak for the way it responded to a campaign mailer about a candidate endorsed by its PAC. Read More 11
April 2, 2018 San Jose Weighs Compromise on Union-Backed Measure Requiring Local Hires, Prevailing Wages By Jennifer Wadsworth Developers would have to pay prevailing wages and hire local workers for subsidized projects under a proposed compromise measure. Read More 5
March 26, 2018 Auditor Recommendations Could Save San Jose $11.6 Million By Jennifer Wadsworth A new report shows just how many millions of dollars San Jose could save if it implemented open recommendations from the city auditor. Read More 10
March 23, 2018 Candidates Vie for LGBTQ Support in Bid to Succeed Santa Clara County Supe Ken Yeager By Jennifer Wadsworth Several people running to replace Santa Clara County Supervisor Ken Yeager made their case Thursday for the BAYMEC endorsement. Read More 15
March 20, 2018 District 9 City Council Hopefuls Share Their Vision for San Jose By Jennifer Wadsworth Five folks running for the Cambrian council seat aired their views Monday in a forum hosted by the Santa Clara County Democratic Club. Read More 41
March 19, 2018 San Jose Falls Far Short of State-Set Affordable Housing Goals By Jennifer Wadsworth A new report coming before the City Council shows just how far San Jose has fallen short of its state-assigned affordable housing goals. Read More 9
March 19, 2018 Op-Ed: County Should Make Sunnyvale Shelter Year-Round By Guest Columnist If the Sunnyvale shelter closed, it would not only be a disservice to the people who stay there, but to the community at large as well. Read More 6
March 12, 2018 San Jose Mayor’s Draft Budget Calls for $15Mil Rainy-Day Fund By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo rolled out a spending plan that would plunk $15.5 million into a rainy-day fund to brace for future deficits. Read More 3
March 12, 2018 Citing Transparency Issues, San Jose May Part Ways with Santa Clara County Housing Authority By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose wants to wrest control of its subsidized rent programs from the Santa Clara County Housing Authority. Read More 10
March 9, 2018 Filing Deadline Closes with No Formidable Challengers in San Jose’s 2018 Mayoral Race By Jennifer Wadsworth The deadline to jump in the San Jose mayor’s race closed Friday with no realistic challengers for Sam Liccardo. Read More 12
March 5, 2018 Op-Ed: Evergreen Homes Initiative a Wolf in Grandma’s Clothing By Shani Kleinhaus The Big Bad Wolf in this case is a group of wealthy landowners and developers peddling a deceptive ballot initiative. Read More 3
March 5, 2018 San Jose Debates Whether to Submit Rebuttal Arguments to Evergreen Housing Measure By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose’s City Council will vote this week on whether to include rebuttal arguments on the ballot for the Evergreen homes initiative. Read More 1
February 26, 2018 San Jose City Council to Vote on Ambitious New Climate Plan By Jennifer Wadsworth San Jose aims to become one of the first cities in the U.S. to curb greenhouse gas emissions to the levels set in the Paris accord. Read More 16
February 21, 2018 San Jose Mayor Faces 2 Obscure Candidates, But Still No Serious Contenders in Re-Election Bid By The Fly Meet the two unknown candidates who are challenging San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo in his bid for re-election. Read More 16
February 20, 2018 Poll: San Jose Voters Support Proposed Google Village By Jennifer Wadsworth A new poll shows that San Jose voters largely favor Google’s plans to build a massive new headquarters in downtown. Read More 10